So how will the quarterback rotation play out? Bowles was coy in a post-practice press conference Wednesday. Declining to reveal who would play. But in the earlier interview, a more relaxed Bowles told ESPN Radio that all three quarterbacks would play Friday.

Judging by the way the reps worked out in practice this week, we can make an educated guess on how the reps will play out in the game.

McCown got the fewest reps in practice, but he was always first and always with the first team. McCown will likely start and play one series, just like the 2017 preseason opener.

Bridgewater was second in the rotation and got the second-most reps of the quarterbacks this week. He’ll likely replace McCown in the first quarter and play the rest of the first half or until early in the second quarter. And then Darnold, who got the most reps this week, will likely play the rest of the game.

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The numbers

Here’s how the quarterback reps broke down on Wednesday during 11-on-11 team drills: Sam Darnold led the way with 26 reps, he completed 7 of 16 passes and had one interception; Teddy Bridgewater had 23 reps and completed 6 of 8 passes with no interceptions; Josh McCown had only six reps, completing 2 of 3 passes.

How they looked

Darnold struggled for the second straight day. His interception was once again on a deep ball, with Terrell Sinkfield corralling an under-thrown deep ball. Darnold has been intercepted five times during 11-on-11 drills, four of them on deep balls. But there were good moments, too: he led Charone Peake beautifully on a 20-yard out route. Darnold can really throw it on the run. He was flushed out of the pocket and made a perfect running, jumping touchdown throw to Chris Herndon.

Bridgewater was accurate and steady, of his two incompletions one of them was a drop. A much better practice after throwing two interceptions on Tuesday. Bridgewater also found Jermaine Kearse down the seam for a long touchdown on the first play of a two-minute drill. He looks comfortable running the offense.

*Leonard Williams continues to have a strong training camp. He busted through the line and literally tossed aside another blocker on the way to sacking Darnold during Wednesday’s practice. But let’s see if he can do it live on Friday night.

*The Jets did not practice in pads on Wednesday, after going seven straight practices wearing pads. The Jets practiced in temperatures above 90 degrees for the second straight day, but this practice went about 40 minutes shorter.